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Phuket island relocation tackles rampant macaque issue in Phetchaburi communities


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In what’s being hailed as a successful initiative, multiple crab-eating macaques have been relocated from communities within Phetchaburi to an island in Phuket, under a pilot project. The venture has cleared the road for the relocation of more from the rapidly increasing macaque population in the province, as well as the neighbouring Prachuap Khiri Khan, according to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

 

The project is part of the ministry’s efforts to mitigate the damaging effects seen on local communities due to the rapid surge in the macaque population, as advised by Yuthapol Angkinan, consultant to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment. Yuthapol was given the ministry’s brief to urgently address the macaque-related issues surfacing in Phetchaburi. This came in response to an influx of complaints related to problems caused by the increasingly aggressive monkeys.

 

In a series of complaints, they were accused of invading residential properties to steal food, causing damage to lampposts, and attacking tourists, travellers and students residents in Phetchaburi’s Mueang district. The district itself has seen a drastic increase in the population of crab-eating macaques – jumping from nearly 9,500 in April to a whopping 20,000 today, informed Phetchaburi governor Natthachai Namphunsuksan.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo courtesy of Chloe Coxshall, newscientist.com

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/phuket-island-relocation-tackles-rampant-macaque-issue-in-phetchaburi-communities

 

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